Lucy McBath Quotes

Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

Stop using the word’s “gun control”. All the 2nd Amendment enthusiasts hear is CONTROL. Let’s use “gun violence”, “gun safety” and other terms that are less confrontational.

There is considerable merit to the notion of treating gun violence as a public health matter.

The vast majority of Americans are asking for common-sense legislation to protect our families, our friends, and our communities from gun violence.

We have to tighten our gun laws and keep guns out of the hands of criminals, the mentally ill, and domestic abusers.

There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it.

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

Making improvements to our background check system and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking are common-sense ways to prevent violence without punishing law abiding gun owners. We owe it to the American people to take real action to reduce gun violence in our communities.

The gun dealer is not only paying these two police officers, but more importantly, the gun dealer has said he will never again sell more than one gun to a customer. This is exactly what we're trying to get the gun industry across the country to do.

The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.'

There are too many guns too easily accessible to kids, and we have to do something about it …. We no longer live in a society where mass murder … is unthinkable.

I am neither pro- nor anti-gun. I am gun-conscious.

I believe that restricting the rights of law-abiding gun owners will not prevent a deranged individual or criminal from obtaining and misusing firearms to commit violence.

Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something we can all agree to, but it became this huge battle and, you know, really, really a challenge.

There is no one single solution to the gun violence issue, nor are there any easy answers.

Part of my focus on what we need to do around smart gun safety laws is recognize we have to have more enforcement around gun dealers.

America has a right to the Second Amendment, but the people of America have a right to safety and the prevention of gun violence in their community.

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety.

No one I hang out with thinks that a random person on the street should be able to buy a machine gun.

It's the sad truth that gun violence can often be prevented.

While we may not know how to stop these horrific mass shootings, we do know this: Limiting high-capacity magazines will save lives, and we know this because it has saved lives.

I constantly hear from residents throughout my community about the need for common sense action in Congress to reduce gun violence.

Hillary Clinton has spent those decades before her time in public office and since her time in public office advocating for common sense measures to fight gun violence.

We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.

There is a growing consensus in the private sector that companies can and should take action to address the problem of gun violence in our country.